The Lookout & Wonderland fiber art project is a concentrated focus on the exploration of the applied arts. The mission is to create a range of multi-use textiles that allow the viewer to become an active participant in the form and function of the artwork. With the ultimate goal being the creation of a life that is the ideal work of art.

Temptation and enlightenment, thereis no dark or light, good or evil, day ornight, man orwoman, life or death...

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Arashi Shibori Organic Cotton Sateen Pillows

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Bojagi Deconstruction Project #2

Commissioned window coverings for a music recording studio. The concept behind this Bojagi based work is developed from the original mythology arising from the Three Kingdoms Period (57 BC). The idea existed then that anything wrapped inside this cloth was kept safe and would bring the receiver good luck, imparting a mystique of magic on the simple patched cloth. In our current era of increasingly unsure times this work places a focus not on exacting technique, but on imbuing the items in our life with a sense of magic and purpose. Creating an environment of reassuring touch stones, of trust.

Bojagi Deconstruction Project #1

Commissioned window coverings for a private residence. The concept behind this Bojagi based work is developed from the original mythology arising from the Three Kingdoms Period (57 BC). The idea existed that anything wrapped inside this cloth was kept safe and would bring the receiver good luck, imparting a mystique of magic on the simple patched cloth. In our current era of increasingly unsure times this work places a focus not on exacting technique, but on imbuing the items in our life with a sense of magic and purpose. Creating an environment of reassuring touch stones, of trust.

Bojagi Deconstruction Project #1

The concept behind this Bojagi based work is developed from the original mythology arising from the Three Kingdoms Period (57 BC). The idea existed then that anything wrapped inside this cloth was kept safe and would bring the receiver good luck, imparting a mystique of magic on the simple patched cloth. In our current era of increasingly unsure times this work places a focus not on exacting technique, but on imbuing the items in our life with a sense of magic and purpose. Creating an environment of reassuring touch stones, of trust.

A site specific, public art project with sculptor Bari Ziperstein and the Arcadia community.

As an integral part TOTEMS IN INDIGO, Niki Livingston of the Lookout & Wonderland studio led a Japanese indigo dying workshop for the community. Indigo is one of the world’s oldest natural blue dyes. Participants dyed canvas tote bags that the artist then incorporated into these eclectic sculptures. In a public deinstallation event, the sculptures will be deconstructed and the bags will be given back to the community. Each tote will be affixeda leather commemorative patch marking its participation in this temporary public project, furthering Ziperstein’s gesture of hope and promise to the community of Arcadia.

Custom Indigo Shibori Curtains

Multiple sets of curtains created for a private home made from antique linen and natural indigo.

The Sacred Colors Blanket

A triple process blanket that was dyed in kamala and madder root, itajime shibori bound and dyed in fermented Japanese Indigo.

Indigo Dyed Blankets

And installation of indigo blankets and shawls at Busy Being in Austin, Tx. Beautiful baskets by Nanette Sullano

General Store Venice

Display of a series of indigo dyed shawls and an indigo and logwood shibori Prism blanket.

My Sacred Colors blanket has a beautiful new home with the owners of the Ojai Rancho Inn. ​

General Store Indigo Shibori Dressing Room

A beautiful photo of the dressing room with one of my indigo blankets in the mirror.

Indigo Fabric For Station to Station

Custom sofa for the train interior for Doug Aitken's Station to Station. Hand dyed in natural indigo.

Indigo Fabric Levi's Airstream for Station to Station

Cotton canvas hand dipped in natural indigo for the Levi's Airstream.

Logwood, Lac & Indigo Prism Blanket

The Prism blanket series is a limited edition production of US grown cotton textiles representing the use of Shibori as creative rebellion. In 1683 the ruling Japanese Shogunate, as an attempt to maintain conservative class distinction, outlawed the use of So Kanoko Shibori for use on any garments outside of those expressly made for the ruling military class. However, their efforts were to no avail and people from all classes throughout the countryside continued to decorate their clothing and family crest curtains with So Kanoko Shibori as an act of defiance. In the US, our first public displays of Shibori, referred to as tie-dye, appeared boldly on a scene intent on shaking up conservative thinking, control and class distinction once again. Through this project, I will attempt to bridge the spirit of creative rebellious expression between these two distinct movements. The choice of colors are reminiscent of the traditional indigo and persimmon dyes used in Japan during the former era and the use of Itajime Shibori will be used to create a prismatic effect of examining our reality through the kaleidoscopic ride that was the era of the 1960's in the United States.

Organic Indigo Swimsuit & The Ojai Rancho Inn Curtains

My dearest beauty, Tracy from Prism of Threads in one of my indigo bathing suits in front of the indigo, shibori curtains I made for The Ojai Rancho Inn.

Custom butterfly chairs made for the train interior for Doug Aitken's Station to Station. Hand dipped in natural indigo.

Custom Cotton Curtains

Organic indigo on heavy cotton duck for a private home.

Prism Blanket + Pillows

Prism Blanket Series

The Prism blanket series is a limited edition production of US grown cotton textiles representing the use of Shibori as creative rebellion. In 1683 the ruling Japanese Shogunate, as an attempt to maintain conservative class distinction, outlawed the use of So Kanoko Shibori for use on any garments outside of those expressly made for the ruling military class. However, their efforts were to no avail and people from all classes throughout the countryside continued to decorate their clothing and family crest curtains with So Kanoko Shibori as an act of defiance. In the US, our first public displays of Shibori, referred to as tie-dye, appeared boldly on a scene intent on shaking up conservative thinking, control and class distinction once again. Through this project, I will attempt to bridge the spirit of creative rebellious expression between these two distinct movements. The choice of colors are reminiscent of the traditional indigo and persimmon dyes used in Japan during the former era and the use of Itajime Shibori will be used to create a prismatic effect of examining our reality through the kaleidoscopic ride that was the era of the 1960's in the United States.

Woven Studies in Creating Zero Waste

Made up of the fibers used in my process of binding shibori patterns into readymade fabric, the weavings retained the memory of the binding fibers previous life in the form of existing cut off knotted end pieces that transformed into decorative tassels & fringe.

Small scale weaving 15 x17:: Cotton, Navajo wool and Organic Indigo

Jittoku Single Cloth Study

Single cloth study of the historical Jittoku created from Italian linen gauze and dyed with naturally fermented indigo.

Ojai Rancho Inn Curtains

Custom Indigo curtains created for each room of the Ojai Rancho Inn. This series of curtains are reflective of the principle of wabi sabi, the Japanese aesthetic view of a beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.

Ojai Rancho Inn Curtains

Custom Indigo curtains created for each room of the Ojai Rancho Inn. This series of curtains are reflective of the principle of wabi sabi, the Japanese aesthetic view of a beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.

Ojai Rancho Inn Curtains

Custom Indigo curtains created for each room of the Ojai Rancho Inn. This series of curtains are reflective of the principle of wabi sabi, the Japanese aesthetic view of a beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.

Ojai Rancho Inn Curtains

Custom curtains created for each room of the Ojai Rancho Inn. This series of curtains are reflective of the principle of wabi sabi, the Japanese aesthetic view of a beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.

A small test made up of the fibers used in my process of binding shibori patterns into readymade fabric, the weavings retained the memory of the binding fibers previous life in the form of existing cut off knotted end pieces that transformed into decorative tassels & fringe.

Cotton, linen and jute hand dyed in indigo, logwood and madder root.

Handwoven Cotton Shawl

Handwoven Cotton Shawl

The Prism Blanket

Cotton hand dyed in logwood, lac and overdyed in natural Japanese indigo.

The Prism blanket series is a limited edition production of US grown cotton textiles representing the use of Shibori as creative rebellion. In 1683 the ruling Japanese Shogunate, as an attempt to maintain conservative class distinction, outlawed the use of So Kanoko Shibori for use on any garments outside of those expressly made for the ruling military class. However, their efforts were to no avail and people from all classes throughout the countryside continued to decorate their clothing and family crest curtains with So Kanoko Shibori as an act of defiance. In the US, our first public displays of Kanoko Shibori, known here as tie-dye, appeared boldly on a scene intent on shaking up conservative thinking and class distinction once again. Through this project, I will attempt to bridge the spirit of creative rebellious expression between these two distinct movements. The choice of colors are reminiscent of the traditional indigo and persimmon dyes used in Japan during the former era and the use of Itajime Shibori will be used to create a prismatic effect of examining our reality through the kaleidoscopic ride that was the era of the 1960's in the United States.